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Definitions for Temperament
[1] the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
[2] unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper, action, etc., often with a disinclination to submit to conventional rules or restraints.
[3] (old physiology) the combination of the four cardinal humors, the relative proportions of which were supposed to determine physical and mental constitution.
[4] Music . the tuning of a keyboard instrument, as the piano, organ, or harpsichord, so that the instrument may be played in all keys without further tuning. a particular system of doing this.
[5] Archaic . an act of tempering or moderating.
[6] Archaic . climate.
[7] an individual's character, disposition, and tendencies as revealed in his reactions
[8] excitability, moodiness, or anger, esp when displayed openly an actress with temperament
[9] the characteristic way an individual behaves, esp towards other people See also character, personality
[10] an adjustment made to the frequency differences between notes on a keyboard instrument to allow modulation to other keys any of several systems of such adjustment, such as just temperament, a system not practically possible on keyboard instruments, mean-tone temperament, a system giving an approximation to natural tuning, and equal temperament, the system commonly used in keyboard instruments, giving a scale based on an octave divided into twelve exactly equal semitones See also just intonation
[11] obsolete the characteristic way an individual behaves, viewed as the result of the influence of the four humours (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile)
[12] archaic compromise or adjustment
[13] an obsolete word for temperature
Words related to Temperament
outlook, humor, mood, nature, idiosyncrasy, mettle, mentality, individuality, spirit, attitude, ego, complexion, quality, intellect, tendency, inclination, peculiarity, kind, capacity, constitution
Words nearby Temperament
tempelhof, temper, temper color, temper tantrum, tempera, temperament, temperamental, temperance, temperate, temperate bacteriophage, temperate zone
Origin of Temperament
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin temperāmentum due mixture, equivalent to temperā(re ) to mix properly + -mentum -ment
Word origin for Temperament
C15: from Latin temperāmentum a mixing in proportion, from temperāre to temper
Synonyms for Temperament
attitude, complexion, ego, humor, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, intellect, mentality, mettle, mood, nature, outlook, quality, spirit, tendency, bent, capacity, cast, character, constitution, distinctiveness, emotions, individualism, kind, makeup, peculiarity, soul, stamp, structure, susceptibility, turn, type, way, frame of mind, inner nature